Spare-tire carrier



vG. H.l FoRsYTH.

SPARE xlRE CARRIER. APPucATlcH .FILED www. 1920.

SPdlRE-TIRE CREEE.

Applicaties' eres muy is,

To all "wiz om z'zf 'may concern Be it known that I. 'GEORGE H. FonsY'rH,

a citizen or" the United. States, residing at.

guard against loss and toprevent distortionor collapsing of the rims;. which shall simulate in appearance und supporting function af complete Wheel of the type in use on the cer: which shell be economical in construction due to thev employment for the Wheel body of chenper material than used in regular Wheel construction; and which yet may include supplemental parts of standard construction suoi; as the rim-retaining ring, the hub, etc., available in case of emergency :for replacement on service Wheel parts lost or broken.

leide from the practical advantages, the employment of such a dummy wheel as a carrier, gives the ocular impression 'of u fifth .vheelearried as e spare rather than a mere tire carrier.

ln order that the invention may be readily understood I have set forth, by Way of illustra-tion, in the' accompanying drawing end in the following detailed description based "thereon, preferred und optional embodiments of the seine in dummy Wheels of the' disk steel type.

ln the drawings, Y

Fig. l "is u central' vertical section through a preferred embodiment ofthe invention;

Fig. 2 is Aa similar section, fragmentary in character, of a modification;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section 4through the upper hahc of a tire carrier adapted for the support of two tires; and

-Fig el is a fragmentary view of a car in side elevation equipped Withy steel disk Wheels and with atire carrier embodying theli '.vention, the carrier being shown parn tiallT7 in section.

lliving particular reference io Vthe drawings, by Way of illustration, ,the car 11 of Fig. 4, being equipped with steel disk wheels l2, is provided with a spare tire carrier representing a dummy Wheel of the .s/Ine Specification of Letters Estant.

Patented July il. ieee. serial no. senese.

disk steel type. The carrier Vis attached to the car by brace bracket rods or strips 13. ln the manufacture of disk steel wheels it is necessary to employ for the body portion of the Wheel sheet steel oi compara-tively heevy gauge and of good quality.. The quellty of the material employed und didiculty of properly shaping' the saine entails considerable cost of manufacture. Where wire Wheels are employed on anar, it has been customary to carry a Fifth vice wheel heving a tire thereon instead os' spare tires upon a carrier, but due to the cost of disk steel Wheels, en extra fifth or sixth Wheel would bea luxury to be adorded by comparatively few' persons. Moreover, the weight of one or more spere'service Wheels added to the load of the car is a considerable item, as is also the labor of changing Wheels in case of o puncture. l

According to the present invention the spare tire carrier comprises a dummy Wheel body lll' having the same contour as the serv-v ice Wheel but preferably mede of light gouge cheap metal;A 'lhis dummy wheelb i y includes also e. peripheral fell] portion le, the contour of the body portions le and le corresponding identically in conliguration with the corresponding portions of the service Wheel. As in the cese of the latter, the folly of the dummy Wheel is' adapted to receive and support a demounteble rim l5 carrying a `tire 16, the metal o the body beiugneinforced, preferably, by bending the outer piaiond olE the brace rods 13 to correspondto the configuration of the wheel and by riveting 'the rods to theelly as indient/ed vat 17; wbliereby, also, the .dummy wheel is permanently assembled with the car.A

As in the case of e service wheel, the de mountable rim 15 is held in place upon the folly by means or' a tire-retaining member 18 which is adjustable by means of the bolts 19 to wedge and retain the demountable rim upon the felly. lf spaced shims were employedup'on the service Wheel of tbe'cer, as is done in theordinary Wood Wheel of the artillery type, corresponding tire-retaining shims would be employed lupon the carrier. This tire-retaining member may be of oomparatively light weight but, preferably, it is `not only of standard appearance but of. standard construction so that incase of injury to one or' more of .the tire-l staining.

members on the service tires or" the car, it

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mi. v hub, the Wheel'body permanently attached '.tothe canon which it is" carried. l

' Afcerrier comprising a dummy wheel may be detached and used as a replacement service part. I

"lin Fig. 2 of che drawing, a-thi'mble bracket- Q is illustrated as'a substitute i'or the brace rods 'i3I of Fig. l. ln said 'view the thi'mble bracket 'is shown es permanently associated Vivf/ith -the dummy disk body le as yby Weldout the appearance of actuahty.

in Fig. 1, on theother hand, a service hub 23 and cap 24l are employed which-are of 'stand-ard construction, removably l associatedA with -the dummy'disk 1li by means oi'l bolts 25,

in the latter -orm ot' construction, in case of injury to the hub or hub cap of one of the lservice wheels, the corresponding part orf-parts may be removed from the tire carrier and used as replacement parts in cese o' emergency.

In Fig. 3 a similar form of construction is 'shown modied, however, to the extent that a 'folly 14h oi double width is employed Whereb ring i8 suices to hold-t e in use the device every appearance of comprising two complete service wheels carried at the rear of 'the car. l lt willv thus be observed that by my 4inve-ntion l. attain all the obgiects and advantages of spare tire carriers hitherto employed, and,` in addition, impart to 'the car the appearance of being equipped with one or more service Wheels'carried as spares, and at, an expense commensurate With that usually involved with the employment of a mere spare tire carrier. Furthermore, I provide "a reserve supply of tire-retaininglv rings and hubs available in case (5f-emergency for replace-` ment purposes upon the service wheels of the car.'

claim: LA carrierfor spare tires comprising a dummy Wheel body, simulating in appearence e service Wheel of the car on which vneed but of non-service construction, a member adapted tol receive and support a spare tire, and a -releasable ure-retaining memrber, the dummywlieel body permanently assembled Wit-ba suitable support.

2; A carrierior spare .tires comprising a dummy vdielr Wheel body simulating in appertence' a service wheel of the vcar'on which usedybuto non-service constructiona a member: adapted to receive andsupport a spare tire, e' releasaole tire-retaining ring, and a body simulating' in e `errance e service wheel. of the cer on whiz: used but of nonto .support s ide by side two deV vmounta le rims 15 and tires lo. sincfle tire-,retainin two spares 1n place upon the carrier and Macnee service construction, a member adapted to receive and support a spare tire, a releasable tire-retaining member, and a hub, the Whole.

of standard appearance, said -carrierbeing permanently assembled with a suitable support.

4. A carrier for spare tires comprising a Wheel body, a member adapted to receive and support a spare tire, and 'a releasable '-,tire-r'etaining' member, the wheel body permanently'ass'embed With a suitable support and a portion of said carrier detachable for emergency use in connection with a service wheel of the car. f

5. A carrier for spare tires comprising a. disk -wheel body having a folly portion adapted to' receive and support a spare tire,l

areleasable tire-retaining member, and a hub, the Wheel body fixedly attached to the car on which it is carried and a portion of said carrier detachable for emergency use in connection with a service Wheel of the car.

6; A carrier comprising` a dummy Wlieell body .of light Weight non-service material, a lfelly member adapted to receive and sap-A port a spare tire, an `adjustable tire-retaining member, and a hub, the hub and tireretaining member as well as the Wheel body being oi standard service' appearance, said carrier being ixedly assembled with a cer and a portion of said carrier desechable for emergency service use on the car.

7. A carrier for spare tires comprising a dummy disk wheel body permanently assembled with a car, a 'felly adapted to receive and support a tire-carrying demountableAl rim, and a tire-retaining member, the tireretaining member of standard service,l construction and detachablevfor emergency use Vil. A carrier comprising a dummy wheel body having a felly ortion adapted to receive and supporta s )are tire. an adjustable A tire-retaining member, and hub, the hub and tire-retaining member being of standard construction and detachable for emergency use on a service Wheel of the car, and the Wheel body permanentiy assembled with the car.

9. A carrier for spare tires comprising a dummy disk Wheel body ot light v. ,ight sheet metal 'having a folly portion vadapted to receive and'su'pport a spare tire, an adjustable tire-retaining ring., and a hub, the hub being of standard appearance, the tireretaining ring being of standard construction detachable for emergency use on a service Wheel of the car, and the wheel body permanently assembledv with .the car.

10. A carrierl for spare tires .comprisinga dummy disk Wheel body of light weight i sheet metal having a eliy portionadapted to lreceive and support a spare tire, an adjustable tire-retaining ring, and a hub. the tire- -retaining ring being of standard .eppear- Y. v

ance and construction, the hub being ois l2. A carrier for spae tires comprising a dummy isk Wheel body of iight Weight Meewesheet metal 'having a ey porron edeoed Ito receive and tires slide by side, am adjueae mgl-ing, and e heb, the hub :m u Y ing ring being of weno-.Md e? sammle ami construction and dewvabe emegene use'on a. seri/ice Wheel-o @Ehe ser, and

dummy body permanemy eesembed Wh the oel". y y v in Witness whereof have heeu'nso sgoed my Domein he pesence of Vwo Subscribing Wlne'sses.

Witnesses:

RAYMOND L. Gemeen Lmve T. 

